2. Profile
• Title (usually the name
of the person)
• On before Dates/
Days
• In before Month/ Year
• At before Small towns,
enclosed spaces
• In before larger cities
• Usually use past tense
On 2 October 1869, On
2.8.1869
In October, In 1869
At Rajghot, at a hospital
In Gujarat, In Kerala
3. Hints
Mother Teresa
Birth — 27 August 1910 of Albanian parents in Skopje
Real Name — Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
1928 — the Joined convent in Ireland; 18 years old
1929 — Sent to Darjeeling, India
1931 — Began teaching at Kolkata Girls’ School
1948 — Left teaching to work among the poor in slums of Kolkata
1950-1996 — Worked for the downtrodden and sick destitute
1979 — Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Death — 5 September 1997
4. MOTHER TERESA
Mother Teresa was born on 27 August 1910 of
Albanian parents in Skopje. Her real name was Agnes
Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She joined a convent in Ireland in
1928. When she was only 18 years old she was sent
to Darjeeling. Here she began teaching in Kolkata
Girls’ School. Later she left teaching to work among
the poor in slums. From 1948 she started working for
the downtrodden and sick destitute. She worked
selflessly for them. For her sincere, dedicated and
selfless work, she was awarded Nobel Prize for peace
in 1979. She left for her heavenly abode on 5
September 1997.
5.
6. Character sketch of Mikali
Mikali, a teenage boy, is the main character of the
story “Maternity”. He is a big lad of fourteen, healthy
and robust but is unable to work for his bread, as he
has to find a nursing mother for his starving infant
brother. He stands for courage and determination.
The women in the refugee camps despise the baby
because its wails disturb their sleep. They chase
Mikali away. His miserable and horrible experiences
make Mikali desperate. Finally a Chinaman takes
pity on him and takes him to his house where his
wife breast feeds the baby lovingly. Thus the baby is
saved. In the story Mikali is the embodiment of
fraternal love and dedication.
